SHERLOCK

BBC Entertainment (channel 120 on DStv) will present Sherlock from December 22 at 20h00 to continue every weekday at the same time.

A woman in pink lies murdered in an abandoned house, the fifth victim of a seemingly motiveless killer. Inspector Lestrade is the best Scotland Yard has got, but he knows he’s nothing compared to a young man called Sherlock Holmes…

John Watson: doctor, soldier, war hero, lost soul. Fresh from fighting the war in Afghanistan, a chance encounter brings him into the world of Sherlock Holmes.

Holmes: loner, detective, genius. Sherlock can tell a software designer by his tie, an airline pilot by his thumb. He has a unique analytical brain unlike anyone else in the world, and earns his living and staves off boredom by solving crimes. The weirder and more baffling, the better.

The two men couldn’t be more different, but Sherlock’s inspired leaps of intellect coupled with John’s pragmatism soon forge an unbreakable alliance. Across three thrilling, scary, action-packed and highly entertaining television movies, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers to get at the truth. The world’s favourite detective has come out of the fog. With sparkling scripts and unforgettable performances from the two leads, this is Sherlock Holmes for a new generation. The series features Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson.